Arizona Chickens

[Bobby Basham]

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• Salty Skroob
• Nov 21, 2017

Wife decided to get some chicks tonight. Had to run out and get the heating pad. Decided to go with the mama heating pad method. Gonna check in all day and see how it heats up. Worst case, I can stack some more scraps of wood to elevate the sleeping area.

I'm not quite sure what I'm looking at, but I hope all that newspaper/paper will be covered with shavings or something to prevent any leg issues.

 

[Bobby Basham]

Hi and welcome! I've got a mixed flock including a barred rock, a RIR, and a white leghorn. The white leghorn is an excellent layer, and the RIR is close behind! So far they have all fared well in the heat, provided that they have shade and fresh, cool water available. We love australorpes and naked necks on this thread for their heat tolerance and egg production. I would also recommend buff orphingtons, Delawares, and isa browns. Perhaps I'm a bad person to ask...I love em all

Hi SonoranChick, I wish some of the places would not use the term "ISA Brown" so loosely. A few years ago, I believe one of the hatchery catalogues advertised the "New" ISA brown line of sex links descending from a specific recipe not revealed, that set them apart from all the other sex links out there. Some say, "also known as gold buffs, gold comets etc.

 

[Bobby Basham]

'Fess up, now, Bobby B -- you are on the way to lap chicken parenthood!

I don't know about that, but it seems like they catch on pretty quickly after only two days. They went straight for my finger when I started the soft clucking and tap the water containers.

Is too much hard-boiled egg bad for them? One mashed egg goes a long away amongst 12 chicks and everyone gets a few bites. I make sure that they fill up on their feed FIRST before offering it. After all, it is a treat and not a replacement for their original diet.

 

[Parront]

I don't know about that, but it seems like they catch on pretty quickly after only two days. They went straight for my finger when I started the soft clucking and tap the water containers.

Is too much hard-boiled egg bad for them? One mashed egg goes a long away and everyone gets a few bites. I make sure that they fill up on their feed FIRST before offering it. After all, it is a treat and not a replacement for their original diet.

A little hard boiled egg is a good treat. Good job!

 

[alohachickens]

Hi Everyone,

I don't post very often on here, but I had some chicks hatch and would love to give BYC'ers a chance at them before I go listing on Craigslist. Price is VERY cheap, they will be 10 chicks for $15 or 20 chicks for $25 or buy all of them (almost 50 so far) for $1 each if you want the whole lot.

This is my "home grown" Aloha chicken breeding project - lovely spotted chickens that are about the same size as Leghorns up to RIR size - small standards to medium average size. They lay medium sized cream colored eggs. Chicks are STRAIGHT RUN (boys and girls) as there is no way to sex these at hatching - or at least I'm not experienced enough to do so.

This project was started over 8 years ago to try and create "Swedish Flower Hens" in the US, before they were imported by Greenfire Farms

These are found nowhere else in the world - a unique strain here to this state. I have shipped a few batches out of state but so far nobody has been offering chicks or eggs from those small flocks yet.

My boyfriend has really been pressuring me to get out of the chicken breeding business so these likely won't be available for many more years. I would love to try and get new breeders but have not had much luck.

There is also a Naked Neck version that pops up in these which has been VERY popular. Hatching eggs from the Naked Neck line sold on Ebay a couple years ago when I offered them for $70 for one dozen! Price dipped down to $35 per dozen in the next few auctions, and I had more orders for these eggs than I could fill. They sold really well. I prefer to hatch and sell Live chicks over shipping eggs, however. So there is no competition - currently nobody is offering hatching eggs for Alohas or Aloha Naked Necks that I know of at this moment. If someone is interested I think they could sell Aloha hatching eggs for $10 to $25 per dozen plus shipping on Ebay and the Naked Neck variation would probably sell for $25 to $40 per dozen as hatching eggs.

Anyway, hatching season is here, and from this point on I will be trying to create as many of these spotted cuties as I can to get them out into AZ homes. Very heat tolerant, as they have been developed here in the Valley.

Alohas have been featured in Backyard Chickens magazine and on the TV show "Coop Dreams" but sadly I am still the one and only breeder and if my boyfriend has his way that will stop soon as well.

He would like for us to move out of state (to Hawaii) and travel more which means no more chicken breeding. Makes me really sad, as I've invested a lot of time and effort into creating this strain, and knowing it may very likely disappear forever in a few years really bums me out.

But I get my boyfriend's point, if nobody in 8 years has shown serious interest in breeding these, I guess I should take a hint already. He's tired of having the chickens get in the way of traveling.

Tons of pics on my Pinterest page here:

https://www.pinterest.com/alohachickens/aloha-chickens/

 

[Bobby Basham]

A little hard boiled egg is a good treat. Good job!

What sorta creeped me out was all the little stabbing jabs I was feeling, thinking it was their beaks trying to tear me apart, but it was their sharp TOENAILS.

The very first time, I offered them some wild bird seed, which I think had some BOSS in it, but they weren't overly excited about it and just sprinkled a little bit around the brooder. They ignored the sunflower seeds and scratched/picked out the rest. Time to hit the feed store and get some chick grit because I don't want any crop and gizzard issues.

 

[Parront]

What sorta creeped me out was all the little stabbing jabs I was feeling, thinking it was their beaks trying to tear me apart, but it was their sharp TOENAILS.

The very first time, I offered them some wild bird seed, which I think had some BOSS in it, but they weren't overly excited about it and just sprinkled a little bit around the brooder. They ignored the sunflower seeds and scratched/picked out the rest. Time to hit the feed store and get some chick grit because I don't want any crop and gizzard issues.

Bird seed is not even very good for birds, really. Just like scratch, it is candy for the wild birds, to get them to come to your yard. The small chips of hulled sunflower seed might be an OK treat, not as good as a boiled egg. The chick starter doesn't need any grit, it has everything they need. If/when they start free ranging, they will pick up grit in that great big run you made them!

 

[DawnStar]

We have been raising pure bred BUTTERCUP BANTAMS in the State of AZ since 2010. Our lines are from Janicki Buttercups (American Buttercup Breed Club Secretary) and Harward Lines bred to the SOP. We have pairs for sale!

$100.00/pair FIRM-- we do not ship.


Best way to get ahold of us for questions etc. is through email, we are not on here often.
contact us via-- www.dawnstarranch.weebly.com

 

[cactusrota]

We have been raising pure bred BUTTERCUP BANTAMS in the State of AZ since 2010. Our lines are from Janicki Buttercups (American Buttercup Breed Club Secretary) and Harward Lines bred to the SOP. We have pairs for sale!

$100.00/pair FIRM-- we do not ship.


Best way to get ahold of us for questions etc. is through email, we are not on here often.
contact us via-- www.dawnstarranch.weebly.com

Janicki! Seeing that threw me off as I've never seen that name outside my moms side of the family... Where are they located?

 

[cactusrota]

31DE04B2-FBB5-47BE-A343-C972B8474B2A

• Salty Skroob
• Nov 21, 2017

Wife decided to get some chicks tonight. Had to run out and get the heating pad. Decided to go with the mama heating pad method. Gonna check in all day and see how it heats up. Worst case, I can stack some more scraps of wood to elevate the sleeping area.

I'm wondering the same thing as Bobby, chicks can't grip on newspaper and can get "splay leg". At least some paper towel will be better. Never used heat pads for chicks, I've always used heat lamps because they can move closer or further depending on their needs.